There are a few things about CSA 2010 that you already know about and other things you may not know. When dealing with your insureds or insurance companies, it might help to be able to discuss the following:
1) What you should already know
On August 16, 2010, the FMCSA updated the Data Preview website to allow carriers to view an assessment of where they stand in each BASIC category based on roadside and investigative findings. The seven BASICS are:
-Unsafe Driving
-Fatigued Driving (hours of service)
-Driver Fitness
-Controlled Substances/Alcohol
-Vehicle Maintenance
-Cargo-Related
-Crash Indicator.
SafeStat’s Safety Evaluation Areas (SEAs) will be replaced
by the BASICS in December, 2010. This early assessment indicator will allow motor carriers an opportunity to understand and address their safety concerns right away.
What you probably do not know:
● Carriers will not inherit the past violations of a newly hired driver.
● All crashes and inspections that occur to a commercial driver while under the authority of a carrier will remain part of that carrier’s Safety Management Data for two years, even if the carrier terminates the driver.
● Tickets or warnings received by commercial drivers while operating their personal vehicles do not count in the Safety Measurement System.
● Carriers and commercial drivers do not need to register for the CSA 2010, nor is there a training requirement.
However, it is in their best interest to be aware of this program and its implications.
Truckers are going to be asking you if the insurance company can help with compliance. We will see what insurance companies can or cannot help in the process
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Good Numbers- Truck Related Fatalities & Transportation Activity
In the face of higher average medical costs per claim is the fact that fatalities are now at a record low. What would be interesting and I do not have is to see the actual truck related deaths per mile ( interesting may be the wrong word). My hunch is that not only are fatalities lower but the overall fatalities per mile are down.
It will be interesting to see how truck insurers look at this as you would hear out of every one of them that severity is up. See the attached article below ( courtesy of Transport Topics)
The number of people killed in large-truck crashes dropped 20% in 2009 to the lowest level on record, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday.
Total fatalities fell to 3,380, from 4,245 in 2008, NHTSA said. The total includes truck occupants, occupants of other vehicles and people who were not in vehicles, such as pedestrians.
The figure is the lowest since records began in 1975. Large truck occupants saw the largest decrease in fatalities among all groups tracked by NHTSA, falling 26%.
Fatalities have declined by 2,000 since the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration was created in 1999.
They have dropped by 1,855 since 2004, when the current hours-of-service regulations were put into effect by FMCSA.
Both NHTSA and FMCSA are agencies of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
The numbers reported Thursday do not take into account total mileage among trucks, a figure DOT has not yet announced for 2009.
Other good news came from the Federal Reserve. ( Again courtesy of Transport Topics)
The number of people killed in large-truck crashes dropped 20% in 2009 to the lowest level on record, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday.
Total fatalities fell to 3,380, from 4,245 in 2008, NHTSA said. The total includes truck occupants, occupants of other vehicles and people who were not in vehicles, such as pedestrians.
The figure is the lowest since records began in 1975. Large truck occupants saw the largest decrease in fatalities among all groups tracked by NHTSA, falling 26%.
Fatalities have declined by 2,000 since the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration was created in 1999.
They have dropped by 1,855 since 2004, when the current hours-of-service regulations were put into effect by FMCSA.
Both NHTSA and FMCSA are agencies of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
The numbers reported Thursday do not take into account total mileage among trucks, a figure DOT has not yet announced for 2009.
It will be interesting to see how truck insurers look at this as you would hear out of every one of them that severity is up. See the attached article below ( courtesy of Transport Topics)
The number of people killed in large-truck crashes dropped 20% in 2009 to the lowest level on record, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday.
Total fatalities fell to 3,380, from 4,245 in 2008, NHTSA said. The total includes truck occupants, occupants of other vehicles and people who were not in vehicles, such as pedestrians.
The figure is the lowest since records began in 1975. Large truck occupants saw the largest decrease in fatalities among all groups tracked by NHTSA, falling 26%.
Fatalities have declined by 2,000 since the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration was created in 1999.
They have dropped by 1,855 since 2004, when the current hours-of-service regulations were put into effect by FMCSA.
Both NHTSA and FMCSA are agencies of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
The numbers reported Thursday do not take into account total mileage among trucks, a figure DOT has not yet announced for 2009.
Other good news came from the Federal Reserve. ( Again courtesy of Transport Topics)
The number of people killed in large-truck crashes dropped 20% in 2009 to the lowest level on record, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday.
Total fatalities fell to 3,380, from 4,245 in 2008, NHTSA said. The total includes truck occupants, occupants of other vehicles and people who were not in vehicles, such as pedestrians.
The figure is the lowest since records began in 1975. Large truck occupants saw the largest decrease in fatalities among all groups tracked by NHTSA, falling 26%.
Fatalities have declined by 2,000 since the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration was created in 1999.
They have dropped by 1,855 since 2004, when the current hours-of-service regulations were put into effect by FMCSA.
Both NHTSA and FMCSA are agencies of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
The numbers reported Thursday do not take into account total mileage among trucks, a figure DOT has not yet announced for 2009.
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